Dutch Nichols, SASS #6461
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Interested in those 45 cal Rodeos but I'm thinking price
is a bit high. I won't loball anyone but if there's any wiggle room
what could you do shipped/insured to Dallas TX?
my thanks either way
DN
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First I'm an old fart and God and my wife have been very good to me!!
I have owned over 50 Colt SAA's and the same in USFA's.
Early Gen3 guns are total junk in over 50% of the samples I've seen.
Mid range Gen 3 starting after S30XXXA were the best until about 5 years ago when Colt
started outsourcing most of their parts. You may have heard about 2 years back Colt
was recalling them all due to frames cracking. You just never know what you're getting with Colt!!
Now I've been around USFA since the beginning knew and liked the owner and the GM was a terrific guy!!
USFA started out as US PtFA US Patent firearms, then after Colt lawsuit changed to USFA. All USPFA and early
USFA guns were all Uberti parts!!! Fitted and finished very highly but still soft Italian steels.
USFA wanted to make the BEST SAA in existence and they did.
Rodeos with A and B prefix are all Italian parts. there were no C series and starting with D they were
all 100% US made!! Their higher end guns starting AFTER 225XX and up are all 100% US made.
There are NO finer SAA's than the latter USFA's.....PERIOD!!
I am sorry to say I am bewildered how Standard is doing business. they gave a cpl gun writers guns to review then pulled the guns and threatened legal action against them?! They are being made by several USFA employees?!
I was on gunbroker and they showed 8 in stock so I always wanted a pair and jumped! Then I found out there were NONE
in stock and wait time was over 8 weeks. they were using my money to build the guns! In looking at past reviews there were
several folks who bought then were ticked when they were told you have to wait. Why list guns in stock when you don't have them?? They received several F ratings. The few I have seen seemed nice but how many are they making, will there be parts ( SAA's tend to break things if you shoot them a bunch). Also they state these are NOT to Colt specs they are to their specs! I called and asked will Uberti or Colt parts fit I was told no why would I need to know that!! That is the end of my story with them. Go on Gunbroker and see!! Also they get the same complaints about listing shotguns they don't have.
Just an FYI Colt and Pietta parts will for the most part inter change as will Uberti and USFA.
Sorry for rambling!!
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Thank you for your help and information. I have 4 Rodeos 2 45 cal and 2 - 38's also purchased a cowboy. I don't shoot them in SASS, but plink with the 38's and the Cowboy. I wondered about the CH premium USFA's, but did not know anything about them ie, US made or Italian, plus the cost was higher. You had 3 for sale last year. If you come across any in the future let me know.
Thanks again.
Dollar Bill - Charlie
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he's looking for more pics and trades, if you want it you are the first to say I'l take it
Yes I'll cover shipping just LMk and I'll mark it sold
won't ck messages again until the AM
thanks either way
Dutch
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Rye:
hope you don't mind me pestering you and you don't have to respond if it's too big a pain but I know you are/were a long time 44-40 guy and I had some questions.
First I see you've gone 38/357 any particular reason or just cost and such.
I just picked up a pair of 44-40's and while I haven't shot them I think they balance better than any 45 or 38 for sure.
I also see i will HAVE to load for them.
Are 44-40's as big a pain to load for as I've been led to believe?
Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
regards
Dutch aka Nick
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Howdy Dutch, I shot .44-40 with nothing but black for 7-8years. 2 years ago I decided to go with smokeless because of the cost, cleaning and time spent loading BP. I experienced all kinds of problems with .44-40/smokeless. It is mainly the crimp. I would shoot rounds from my rifle no problem but then one of them the bullet would go back in the case!!! Why did all the rest work okay? I think it's the thin mouth on the .44-40 that doesn't always hold a crimp. I had many cracked cases also. I also had problems with rounds fitting in my Colts and Uberti revolvers. I had to resize many that didn't fit. Some did some didn't so I just resized all of them. What a pain in the neck!!! I went to .38's for cost, ease of loading and I aquired a really nice .357 Colt SAA so that got me off to the .38 world! I have a 73 Commanchero, a 66 Uberti, a couple Smoke Wagons, a Cattleman and the Colt all in .38 now. I can't believe how easy reloading is now! .38's are also really easy to shoot. My times are better. Good luck with your .44-40's, it's great round for black powder!!You just have to be very careful loading them.
Rye
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Some guys will say to use a profile crimp die with the .44-40, I used a Lee factory crimp die. When I shot black I never had a problem with the crimp since I filled the case with powder almost to the top. The problem I had was when I went to smokeless. For the most part everything was fine but just that occasional round would slip in and ruin the day!! Driftwood Johnson and Larsen Pettifogger are both really knowledgable about loading for this round.
Rye
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check out happy's thread on his buying a 97 shotgun from this guy!!
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Thanks for the heads up. If he does contact me about the rifle I will tell him he needs to make it right with Happy Appy before we do any business, not that I would after reading the other posts.
I was having second thoughts about buying due to him not answering messages. Even though he had been on the wire. Just confirms my gut feeling.
I believe that we do need a place to post about these kind of deals.
Thanks again.
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sent an Im re the Colts..... will you be selling any long guns??
long story short I lost the vision in one of my eyes last april, sold most of my collection in a panic. Surgery got me most of my vision back so I'm looking to pick up a few things. We'll chat tomorrow as I may look at that schofield, those Rugers sure are nice.
Like you I tend to have fewer nicer things than a whole bunch of others.
sleep well
Dutch
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still have it...........
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Thanks pard, I'm waiting for Allie Mo to ban me for not going with the public sentiment.
Somebody does what's been suggested and thing could go very wrong, very quickly.
Some of the yahoo's think they're Wyatt Earp and are going to clean up the town....HA!!
Happy Trails
Dutch aka Nick
been a while since I said that!!
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You and me both my friend! I'm actually very surprised she is keeping it alive and agreeing with it. Look, I'm not a lawyer, but I have been working in the legal field going on over 30 years.
SASS is putting them selves in a very slippery slope with this. By her (a SASS MOD) giving her approval to this and someone gets hurt.. OR if someone posts someones name just because they googled it and that not be anyone that has anything to do with this, can sue SASS. I guarantee that could happen.
I'ts amazing that people are saying they went to someones house and got the money back. I cant say one way or the other... but it seems unlikely to me. But its giving some other guy the stones to go bang on someones door and demand the money. It probably wouldn't turn out well.
I had thought about posting a link to the theme music of the movie Hang Em High... but that would be looked at as sarcasm.... but I think it would be funny. Anyway, hope your having a good evening!
Take care,
Johnny Dollar (Keith)
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is the 18" saddle rifle in 357 the one shown or is pic just a representation?
I know it's short stroked but what all else is done to it?
my thanks in advance
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I've withdrawn my offer to purchase those Colt's, so if you're interested??????
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Rye
didn't see you post re your "pistolero" pins shoot me a pic and how much, etc
my thanks
Dutch aka Nick
NAument@aol.com
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Mike if you still have the Dillon 45 Colt dies how much would you want for just the dies? my thanks either way
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Triggers have not been swapped, believe safety no longer auto engages, not sure what you mean by what fore-end as Stoeger only has 1 fore end type that i know of
what exactly do you want pics of , but I won't be able to get you pics till Tues as we're gone for the weekend, sorry no trades looking to sell outright
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interested in the Vaq's and the marlin can I please get a couple pics to
naument@aol.com
what could you do for all 3 shipped to Dallas, Tx?? thnx either way.
thnx in advance.
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re your rodeos, caliber, bbl length, asking price, etc??
thanks in advance
Dutch
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re your rodeos, caliber, bbl length, asking price, etc??
thanks in advance
Dutch
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OK sorry senior moment!!!! Tied up tomorrow maybe Thursday morning, OR ??
Rifle gear again ??
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I've got all NIW Starline 700 brass and 300 nickel..... hows about $185 shipped?
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I've got all NIW Starline 700 brass and 300 nickel..... hows about $185 shipped?
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approx how long have u had this? what exactly was "smoothed out"? thnx in advance.
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If interested in these perhaps we could work something out?? I'd drive down to do the deal to save shipping.